§ 25. Sir G. Sinclairasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the total import levies collected by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise for the calendar years 1973 and 1974, arranged in the same commodity groups as those used by the Intervention Board in its annual report.
§ Dr. Gilbert:Yes.
Following is the information:
AGRICULTURAL LEVIES ON IMPORTS—NET RECEIPTS BY COMMODITY GROUP £000's Commodity Group 1973* 1974 Cereals (and cereal products) 951 1,614 Milk and milk products 3,545 10,583 Sugar 10,646 4,050 Beef and veal 3 1,407 Pigmeat 3,496 2,267 Eggs 359 242 Poultry meat 252 120 Fruit (apples and pears) 4,053 5,035 Others 709 173 Total 24,014 25,491 *The United Kingdom introduced the EEC system of import charges on agricultural products from 1st February 1973; the 1973 figures therefore refer to 11 months only.